This cartoon arose out of anger at Harper ganging up with the U.S. to derail the climate change talks in Bali. His demand that the developing nations be part of any agreement ignores the fact that developed nations have spewed greenhouse gases into the atmosphere for centuries and gotten filthy rich doing it. Many developing nations emit a tenth or less of the CO2 per capita that we do. How can he ask them to shoulder an equal burden?
We should show leadership by showing the way. If we don't, nobody will.
For a graph that shows the extent of the imbalance, check out this Green Party blog.
Meanwhile, as the Midnight Oil sang 20 years ago (!), "How do we sleep while our beds are burning?"
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